Scoreboard

This web-exclusive feature will be updated daily to give you the most up-to-date scores as several Dragon teams head deep into the postseason… Saturday, June 1… Golf: State Champs!!! See this web edition for more details. Baseball: District Champs… Dragons 13, Romeo 0 – Connor Mielock pitched a shutout and Josh Deeg added a three-run […]

Going for Gold

The Level 9 gymnastics team from Gymnastic Training center in Rochester Hills competed at the Level 9 Eastern National Championship the weekend of May 11-14 in Kissimmee, Florida. Five girls from the GTC competed, including one of which is a junior at Lake Orion High School. Taylor Hutchison, pictured above, had an outstanding meet finishing […]

Community prays for soldier

While U.S. Army Pvt. Byron Fouty is missing in Iraq, friends, family and other Orion community members gathered last Thursday night at the Orion Veterans Memorial to pray for his safe return. Fouty, 19, has ties to the Orion and Oxford area and attended school here when he was younger. During his time in the […]

Lest we forget

Both children and adults lined Flint, Florence and Lapeer Streets late Monday morning to watch the annual Memorial Day parade, hosted by the American Legion Post 233. The parade route went through downtown Lake Orion and featured a combination of veterans, scouts, motorcyclists, old cars and the Lake Orion High School marching band. Family, friends […]

Dragons eke out victory

In 35 years of coaching at Lake Orion, girls soccer coach Ken Snage has seen his share of barnburners when the Dragons face off with Clarkston. With the Wolves making a guest appearance at Lake Orion May 21, the teams didn’t disappoint. The Wolves kicked it up a notch for the rivalry, and the game […]

Complete performance lands Clarkston girls third at county track meet

After repeating as regional champions two weeks ago, replicating an Oakland County track championship wasn’t in the cards for Clarkston’s girls Friday. The hand they dealt themselves by electing not to goal full-bore for another title, produced a solid enough hand for third place at the 48th annual Oakland County Track and Field Championships at […]

Athletes of the week

Championships aren’t as easy the second time around, but Clarkston wasn’t expected to repeat as regional champs in girls track. After losing girls from their dominant distance-running core, Clarkston was no longer a favorite in the area, even on the heels of a state runner-up finish in 2006. Clarkston not only repeated, but three-peated. The […]

Clarkston tennis fifth at regional

Having been one point away from a state championship berth in 2006, Clarkston’s tennis squad had hopes of sneaking in with a solid performance at the regional playoff May 18 at Utica Eisenhower. The Wolves though, were unable to pull off the upsets needed to make their way to the state’s grand stage, racking up […]

Clarkston bounces back to take two

Summoning the resiliency of a rubber bouncy ball, Clarkston swept a doubleheader Wednesday with Waterford Kettering 8-5 and 11-4. The wins came on the heels of a loss to rival Lake Orion May 21 and a 15-5 loss against Farmington one day later. The double win should encourage Clarkston as they open playoff action this […]

Girls lacrosse suffers first playoff loss

Accompanying the first season of girls lacrosse at Clarkston was the first postseason in team history. The Wolves were unable, however, to take their first win, falling to Waterford United 6-4 May 23 in the regional opener at Clarkston. After an April meeting where the teams combined for more than 20 goals, the lower-scoring affair […]